120-Pounder is New Alabama Record Blue Catfish

It's always a pleasant surprise when you head down to the fishin' hole hoping to reel in some dinner -- maybe a couple 18-inchers -- and come back with a new state record.

That's what happened to Samantha, Ala., resident John Nichols, who reeled in a 120-pound blue catfish last month at Holt Reservoir, setting a new Alabama blue cat record.

Nichols, along with friend Robbie Tierce, landed the monster cat and had it weighed on a certified scale Tuscaloosa Scale Co. Inc. with five witnesses present. The catch was later certified by District Fisheries Biologist Jay Haffner.

Nichols' fish shattered the previous state record, a 111-pounder caught by Elkmont, Ala., resident William P. McKinley on July 5, 1996, at Wheeler Reservoir.

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